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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-07-09
KANSAS CHURCHES.
Kanopolis is to have a Presbyterian
church building, TO cost 81, 100.

Ksnopolis is to have q Presbyterian
church building, TO cost 81, 100.
The Catholics at Kingman are build
ing church. che cost is estimated at
three thousand dollars.
Concordis is the Bishops diocese, and
work has already begun on the build
ings the society demands at such places
According to announcement a large
number Of citizens, ladies and gentle
men, faced the hot sun on Monday fore
noon to witness the laying OF the corner
stone of the new Methodist Episcopal
church in Meade Center.
Wellington Guild Numc: A company Of
ministers belonging to the EnShsh,
Lutheran denomination are in the city
and are prospecting on the advisabidty
Of erecting church for that denomina-
ton. This church now meets In neat
room on the second floor of the new
State National Bank.
Wichita Eagle: Sunday was the for
NAL opening of the auditorium Of the
new Catholic church in this city. This',
structure which was com-
menced over year ago is now almost
sntirsly completed. It is building e
beauty within and without,
costing already about $25. 600 and rank
ing among the very finest churches in
he state.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-07-09
EHREE KINDS

The Toronto Times pithily observes:
aThere are three classes of people in
the world. The first learn from their
own experience these are the wise; the
second learn from the experience Of
others-these are the happy: the third
neither learn from their own experience
nor the experience of others these are
the fn;,ls
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-07-09
A New Kind OF Nail.

A new kind of nail. for attaching
holdings and other light lumber,
which leaves no nail-holes, is made
with point at each end and with an
outwardly projecting head or shoulder
midway between the points. Tie nail
il first driven INTO the wood by means
of punch, which straddles the pro-
truding point and bears on the bead
When enough have been driven in the
molding is placed over the malta and
driven down.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-07-09
Birds and Insects.

AAASSSSSs
The use OF sparrows alone may be
seen by the following quotation from a
small handbook on the subject which
Rev. F. O. Morris has recently pub
lished called "The Sparrow Shooter:
1.-TWO pairs of sparrows were watched
by an observant naturalist feeding their
young in their nests in only one-half
hour with the lave of the bluebottle fly
from dead cat. They fetched these in
all hundred and four times, and one
of the birds also caught fourteen flies
on the. wing. Now, the common house
fly is computed to produce in one
season, so prolific is its progeny after
progeny, no less than 10000, 900, say,
in round numbers 81, 900, 900, and thus
were prevented by these two pair of
birds no fewer than 28O, 900, 900, by the
capture of fourteen flies, and 2, 800, OOO,-
600 by the destruction of the l04 larvae.
Again, we read, on unimpeachable
authority. that there figured in the par
ish in Worcestershire a charge for
seventeen dozen of (so-calleO tomtits'
heads; in another parish, Melbourne, in
Derbyshire, sparrow club destroyed,
in one year, 1867 small birds, and in
yet another, $500. Take the smaller
of these two last numbers, and multiply
by it the number of flies just calculated
as prevented by the two pairs of spar
rows and it gives what we may very
we'll call "a grand total or 1880, OOO,-
600, 900. Linnaus calculated that the
progeny of three flies would devour
dead horse almost as quickly as lion.
The aphis, fed on by several of our
small birds, produces of herself as is
well-known, female aphides, generation
after generation. As many as eleven Of
these female generations have been
produced in one year, and it is believed
that it may go on in the same way year
after year. 1T is probable, says Mac
Gillivray, the most accurate and observ-
ant naturalist that England has ever
had, that were the quantity of seeds of
the cereal plants which all the grant,
vorous birds in the country devour
annually actually known it would prove
much higher than could be imagined,
yet by far the greater part could be of
use to man were all the birds destroyed,
It being irrecoverably dispersed. over
The fields"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-07-09

THE path OF genius = not Iens a
with disappointment than g.
Of ambition VoIiaire. s.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-07-09

Mrs. MARK HOPKINS received about
$26, OOO,O 900 on the death of her hus-
band, and the estate must now be
worth $30,000,0 900. The house which
she is building at Great Darlington,
Mass, viii cost about 50, 600, 600, and
the date on the cornerstone indicates
that it will be ready for occupancy IN
1888 The estate will include several
hundred acres of the Housatonic mead
ows. the turf of which presents beau
tiful sight at this season. It will be
surrounded by wall three feet in
height.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-07-09
Something she Matter.

Brile-My dear, I wish you would
stop buying those cheap cigars. Can't
you afford to get the kind you used to
smoke when we went out walking even
ings?
Husband-These are the same brand
got before We were married.
II don't see how manufacturers can
be such swindlers. Those cigars are
ever so much worse than they used to
be. "-OmdhG Hoyld
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-07-09

breast, and with hand that did not trem.
BILE and an eye true as the deadly rife. he
took but moment in leveling the gun and
pulled the trigger.
Crash! A yell followed the shot. and
through the aerial riffs Of smoke he saw
the Apache stagger forward and plunge
face foremost among some rocks.
| Eyer plugged him, by jingo, Tender
foot" cried old Zach, @and he's q chief,
too"
aLook out thar" roared Old Cyclone:
@don't yer see EN- comm"
With desperate yell, the Apaches, now
re-enforced, made dash for the pass.
Rifles from the bluffs above cracked 80
rapidly that one could not have counted the
shots. Bullets fell like hail among the
sayages, and they lost men at every step.
Yet, determined to avenge the death OF
their leader, they gave utterance to DEATH
dealing yells and pressed on.
Old Cyclone had emptied both his rifles,
and then, with revolver in each hand, he
lay upon the edge of the bluff and rained
death and destruction down among the
enemy below.
Twice were the Apaches compelled to
clear away the barriers made by their fallen
braves, but knowing full well that when
once through the pass the white men
would be at their mercy, they, with more
determination than ever, crowded into the
gap.
Despite all they could do the gap was
reached.
"Now's yer time; over with the rocks.
roared Old Cyclone, and he Immediately
be. an kicking heavy stones over the edge
of the bluff, onto the heads of the Indians
who were iammed crowded and wed. led
into the pass.
His companions heard him, and followed
as if it was raining stones upon the APP
aches. They were panic stricken, and
throwing down their arms, those who were
uninjured fed in every direction.
Three had in some way eluded the stones
and bullets, and made their way through
the gap.
Tend ter them chaps down in ther can
yon." roared Old Cyclone, IAN I'll fix these
ere three chaps"
Then Old Cyclone came back to his
place. The Apaches made one or two
weak and Intellectual efforts to force the
pass, but they could not long Withstand the
deadly craftsmanship of the ritiemen on
the bluff. Before two hours had passed.
they retreated down the canyon, taking
with them all their fallen companions they
could get at.
he sun was down and twilight had be-
gun to spread her sable mantle over the
earth when they quilted Limestone Gap.
Three dark, gnastly forms lay in the
bushes, and they passed near enough to sac
them.
Charley shuddered as he passed them.
and remembered how many more there
were in the canyon. He reached the train
and was embraced by his mother, who
called him her brave boy; but his glory was
dimmed by fever which for weeks threat
ened his life. He was delirious when the
train reached Tombstone. The great mem
tai and physical strain was too much for
him, and resulted in brain fever. His
mother, father, and sisters nursed HIM
through his long weeks of illness. At last
he began to recover, and it was when he
was able to 60 about that the author met in
Tombstone pale, emaciated youth on the
street, who was pointed out to him as one of
the Defenders of Limestone Gap."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-07-09

The Winfield papers tell of man by
the name OF James Leak, who committed
suicide by deliberately walking into the
river near there and drowning himself.
From scrswl OF writing in the pocket
of his clothes, which he had taken of
and left on the bank, it was learned that
he had twice dreamed he was to lose q
law suit in which he was engaged, and
this SO preyed upon his mind that he
concluded to end his career.
Quenemo Republican: Charley Wor-
ley met with very painful accident last
Monday. While he was ripping q
board on the machine he has for that
purpose and which has circular saw.
the board he was ripping slipped and
pulled his hand under the saw which ran
under the heel Of his thumb in the PLAN
OF his hand cutting it almost OF and
the leader out into the palm OF
his hand. It bled profusely and is q
very ugly wound.
Garden City Sentinel: A prairie
schooner passed through yesterday that
greatly resembled Noah's ark. The arb
was provided with everything that goes
TO make travelling comfortable, stove,
bed, table, cupboard and other necessary
aquipsge for house keeping. Over this
was tin-rooS, and before it four fine
mules IT was boss turnout end had
como from Ohio this spring.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-07-09

of the gap, he bawled out to the foremost
among the Apaches:
Hold on thar, We pesky red varmint; yer
won't? then here goes" And Old Cyclones
rifle belched forth fire and smoke.
CharISy, who watched with no little in
terest the effect OF the shot, saw the Apache
leap into the air and fall back upon the
rocks.
A whoop which seemed to make the
canyon tremble now rose from the Ind ans,
and the air shook with the rapid discharge
of Apache guns.
The bullets whistled like rain about the
four men, but they were hard marks to hit
in their position.
Charley found his nerves much steadier
than he had expected after the first volley
He took aim at the advancing band of
savages, and pulled the trigger at the same
moment. Old Zach's rifle cracked, while
on the other side Of the plateau, where
Old Cyclone and Bill Murphy lay, perfect
fusillade was kept up all the time.
They're fallin, cried old Zach.
Gin it to EN-" roared Cyclone, who,
having emptied his own rife, seized the
gun of Tom Long.
Charley Myrtles rifle was repeating
Winchester, and no sooner had he fired one
shot than he threw another cartridge into
the chamber and discharged that also.
Don't shoot too fast, Tenderfoot," can
toned old Jack, who was kneeling tehind
rock not far from Charley's side. "Take
good aim, an don't yer pull a trig. thl
yer sure O. er niger.
But the smoke is too thick; can sec nc
one."
3Then wait till yer kin. -
The constant discharge of guns down the
canyon concealed the savages from view,
but at last the canopv lifted little. and
Charley discovered . sll, powerful Apache
urging the warriors on.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-03-14
Nalne of RIacI, Hirnh

ne price of black birch of the best
Qnality has recently gone uD from 81 to
$50 per LOCO. The extraordinary advance
as due TO the discovery that boards emf
ont of the first logs are susceDtibIe to .
YER high polish and can be used for al
most any purpose hitherto exclusively re-
Served for mahogany, which is worth
abo1t $3.50 per 1000. The advance has
been expedited by the discovery that tho
pes, black walnut is giving out. Rlark
walnut from Arkansas and the soutb 10
so porous that it is of very little usa in
furEiture making
TIE best black birch is found almost ax
elus, rely on the barren copper ore regions
betyeen Milwaukee and Ashland where
all other timber is stunted in growth ond
very poor. Here boards out of the butt
cut quickly assume a beautiful red fin
on being exposed to the atmosphere an(
can be polished up to a great degree o
hnenesS. The price viii soon fall to S5i
or $50 per l 1000, rs railroad is being lai,
right through the very inaccessible regio,
where it grows, and the high prices hav
tempted several men to open out saynniIIs
Red beech has also advanced in price Yer
rapidly. 1t could be bought up to recent
ly in Indiana and Ohio for the bare cos
- "awing, but now it is worth $50 ne
Capt Charles II. Tyler in Glob
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-03-14
SUBSCRIPTIONS +:

Payable Invariably IN Aduance
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-03-14

FAIRY Land in the Artfc Regions-An
Ice Mountain Planted in the Sea-Fate
of the Floating SIonster-An Awful
Sight.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-03-14
NmpIished His Purpose.

tnistan general who was sent
he Ghilzaf rebels has accom-
rpose and sent to Cabul ten
ads of Insurgents killed in
\ OF the victory his force
/ Lesle's.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-03-14
WILDER'S STEAMSHIP Co.,
kimIteIIl.
STEAMER KINAU,
Limited.
CLorenzen, ComlnanderI.

CLOrenzen, Commander,
Leaves Honolulu per following schedule
touching Lahaina, Maalaea, Makena, MANU-
kona KaW aIhae Laupahoehoe. Hilo and ke2uhou:
Commencing MONDAY, July 20, 1856, and
on every alternate Monday at p. M, the kinau
Will make the VOLCA NO TRIP, reaching keau-
hou on Wednesday morning, where horses and
carriages are in waiting to convey passengers to
the VOLCANO HOUSE Give miles III the saddle
and nine miles by carrage).
Passengers by this route will have two days
and two nights at tho VOLCANO HOUSE.
TICKETS FOR THE ROUND TRIP TO THE
VOLCANO, FIFTY DOLLA RS, WHICH PAYS
ALI. CHI RGES.
The Kinau will arrive In Honolulu Sunday
mornings Volcano trips. On Hlo trips vii
irave Honolulu on Tuesdays, and return Saturday
morning.
PASSENGER TRAINS will connect with the
Kinau at MahukOna
The Knau WILL TOUCH at HonOkaia and
Paauhau down trips from HiO for Passengers
If u signal Is made from the shore.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-03-14
A NE NEAL!

dafsiened are now prepared to re
The III 49, for his Celebrated Fertilizer
ceive ord ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of Buck & Ohlandt
| from IL sSs,S
| San Fra g, s.i.,el ia q report OF the compo
/ The - nbkained by Chemical analy-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-25
To Southern Home.Seekera.

The advance in price of Western lands. the
increased severity of Northern winters. and
the consequent high price of fuel. has turned
the attention of farmers, home-seekers, and
others OF delicate constitution to the mild eli
mate, cheap fuel, and low-priced lands Of tho
south. Northern farmers, ~unacquaintcd with
susar-cane and cotton growing, have asked
the question:. Why cannot fruit-growing and
stock-ralsing be made to pay in the South?
10 discuss those questions, so important to
those seeking homes in the South, agyicult-
Mrai conventions have been held Of late in
Tennessee, Mississippi, aud Louisiana, and it
mas been proven beyond a doubt that diversi-
ned farming can be carried on in the South even
more probably than in the North. Lands are
being seeded down, creameries built, and
Northern methods of farming quite generally
introduced. The result of all this has turned
the tide OF emigration Southwark. and the
Illinois Central Railroad, the direct line be-
rect route to the principal markets of the
South, West, and North, have shown their
confidence in the agricultural possibilities of
the South by naming the following conyen-
lent land points, viz: Jackson, Tenn. Aber-
deem and Jackson, Miss, and Hammond, La
These points have been selected Us q con-
yenience to connecting lines in the sale Of
round-trip tickets. Stop-over privileges will
be granted at all other points south of Martin
Tenn, and we are free to state that lust IA
good and just as cheap lands can be bought at
other than thc points above mentioned.
For circulars concerning points South on
tho line Of the Illinois Central Railroad
where 80 many Northern people arc now set,
ting, apply to J. +. MERRY, General Western
Pass. Agent l. G. Il. r., Manchester, Iowa.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-25
MAKING A MANDARIN TO ORDER,

John Jacob Aston Outwits President JEFF
1erson and Sends y Ship to China.
John Jacob Astor was determinedto send
q snip to China in spite Of the embargo of
lSo7-9, says the Boston Commercial Bul-
tet'". The astonishment of the ship-own-
ers OF New York, whose vessels we're lying
idle IN the docks, when they read in the
commercial Advertiser of August IS, 1903,
this piece Of shipping news:
Yesterday the ship Beaver, Capt. Gale
way, sailed for China"
Everybody knew that the ship Beaver
was owned by John Jacob Astor. The other
merchants of the city were naturally indig-
nant when they heard that Mr.. Aston had
been so highly favored. At last it was dis
covered that he had q special permission
from the President of the United States for
nus snip Beaver, nav 'oted by thirty sea-
men ostenslbly to carry home to Canton a
great Chinese Mandarin" 1t was said that
Astor had picked up a Chinaman in the
park dressed him to fit the Mandarin story,
secured the Presidential permit, and dis
patchef his ship before the story got
aoroad1 A rival merchant wrote to Presi-
dent J%'ferson informing him that the Chi
nese Mandarin was no Mandarin at all, but
only sNcommon Chinese dock loafer. The
writer further suggested that if the Govern
menthad given the permit under a misun-
d~erstaPfding the error should be corrected
and thN honor of the administration vindi-
Gated BY Furnishing the offender. MIR.
Astor's \friends called upon him that night
and conAratulated him upon the success of
his ENTERPRISE, and they had a hearty laugh
over the affair. He could we'll afford to
laugh at the result of the brilliant coup, for
the Beaves made SO successful a voyage
that she returned to New York the follow
ing year with $ 2 1000, 600 more than she car
ried away.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-25
Disorders which Afrect TIL. kidney,

SsHHfcH a1ect tHC NIU1eyN
Are among the most formidable known. Diabe.
ties. Bright's disease, gravel, and other CON-
plants OF the urinary organs, are not ordinarily
cured in severe cases, but they may be averted
by timely medication. A useful stimulant of
tho urinary glands has ever been found in Hos
letters tomach Bittors, q medicine which not
only affords the requisite stimulus when they
become inactive, but increases their vigor and
secretive power. BY increasing the activity Of
the kidneys and bladder, this medicine has the
additional effect of eXpelling from tho blood
impurities which it is the peculiar Office
OF those organs to eliminate and pass of.
The Ritters is also Il purifier and strength
stomach, and a matchless remedy for bill
iousness and fever and ague. IL counteracts q
tendency to premature decay, and sustains and
comforts the aged and intrm.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-25
riches take unto themselves wings md

RICHES take unto themselves wings and
fly away" said the teacher; what kind of
riches is meant?" And the smart bad boy
at the foot of the class said he "reckoned
they must be ost-riches." And the only
sound that broke the ensuing silence was
the sound that n real smart bad boy makes
when. without saying SO in just SO many
words, lie seeks 10 convey-and usually
does convey-the impression that he is in
great pain. -Buydeiie.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-25
A SOUTHERN FISH STORE.

A Florida paper tells of a peculiar breed
OF fish ut Brooks Springs which are all
covered with q beautiful little shaggy coat
of hair instead Of scales. That, however,
ls nothing strange. We have caught suck
ers and catfish in Line Creek, near Tenoia,
with fine white wool all over them, except
in spots along the sides where the wool had
been rubbed off by contact with the creek
banks or each other in passing up and
down the narrow stream.-Tenoia (Ga.)
Sonfsno1
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-25

Young LADY at hotel to caller-"Ah,
Mr.. DE Doodle. You have left our hotel, 1
believe?' Mr.. De Doode-"Ya-as, don't
you know" Young lady-"So sorry.
What ever could have possessed you?"
Mr.. De Doode-"Aw, Miss Fwawnces, it
was the beastly nowpkins, don't you know.
you know, and they gave me a tewifc cold
in the head. A man cawn't stand every
thing, Miss Fwawnces."- Washington
Grille. h
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-25
The latest a~canisition Of . a;mo .,.,

The latest acquisition of a dime museum
is a man who has a spiral neck, shaped
something like q corkscrew. 1t is sup.
posed that he sat in q theatre behind a high
hat n twisted his neck out of shape in
trying TO get a glimpse of the stage. 1t is
a wonder there are not more such freaks"
-NOr,.jSf0,rn Herald
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-25
1t Should Be Generally Kno,v,

That the multitude Of diseos..
nature generally proceed from \ torn oIi'l nana;
hon OF the liver. Tho blood becomaps m w1nu.-
w uol' er ' a.. liver does not act properly Wand and
S toms. sr results are blotche,, plmples, - cruz ,io
afectio o"s'', of ss s,lmors, ulcers, and kindred
poisoning. their delicate tissne. W" mnt tIags and
nor, breaking down, and consumntion " is "a
saOlished. Or. ,Pierce's Golden Med;c,i 70 ne
covsrya Will, BY acting upon the eAi liver D oMl
PURIFYING the blood. cure all there diseases
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-25

IT is announced that there will be no
Wagner festival at Bayreuth this year. An
immense boiler foundry will commence OPP
erations shortly at Bayreuth, SO the Wag-
nerites will not feel lonesome.-Norris-
toMn Herald.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-25
CALIFORNYa IrICCe

California made in 1856 $4,000, 600 gal.
Ions OF wine, against $500, 600 for 1855.
Inc san Francisco Call says 40, 90, 900
pounds OF grapes have been shippod east
as table fruit, Co. 900, 900 pounds made into
ra'sins' 2o,Ouo,oo pounds made into
brandy, and over 2l5, 200, 900 pounds made
into wine. "
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-25
rurpr hud heeu wet weather at Wind

THERE had been wet weather at Wind
sor Castle for two weeks, and her Majesty,
walking to the window, remarked: "What
q long rain we're having!" YES" said the
Prince of Wales, sadly, Il don't think
you'll get out for some time" And then
her Majesty looked at him as if she sus-
,,octed him of a little too much double en-
tendreness.-LUe.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-25
Common, Sense.

The proprictors of the Moxie Nerve Food,
that is creating such an excitement all over
the country as a remedy for the liquor habit
and nervous exhaustion, or results of over
work, talk tho best sense yet. They say the
nervous system is the seat of life, and con-
trolls the functions Of the body. The func-
tons of the body are 10 take nutrition and get
rid OF a corresponding amount Of old and i'm
pure material. If tile nerves are strong enough
to do THIS, We are well, AID the blood purifes
itself every day; if not, we are ILL., That is
the whole system Of health in a nutshell.